Driver arrested but gunman sought in robbery, shooting, cops say

As Plantation Police Detective Andrew Klein shows Judge Jackie Powell surveillance video of the suspect, Taquan Wallace stands in the Broward County Jail waiting to hear he will remain there without bond on charges that include attempted murder. (Broward Sheriff's Office)

He’s known only as “Number 4” and Plantation police were still looking for him after arresting the neighbor of the man “Number 4” is suspected of shooting during an armed robbery.

According to the arrest report, Taquan M. Wallace, 24, is the neighbor. He lives three doors down from the shooting victim in an apartment complex in the 4500 block of Northwest 10th Place, in Plantation.

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Wallace is also the man seen in several surveillance videos driving the suspected gunman to and from the crime scene in a 2002 green Honda Accord that is registered in Wallace’s name, police said.

Detective Andrew Klein showed the videos to Broward Judge Jackie Powell as Wallace stood shaking his head at his first court appearance Thursday.

Taquan Wallace, 24, of Plantation, is facing charges that include attempted murder for driving the gunman to and from an armed robbery, police said. (Broward Sheriff's Office)

Wallace is seen driving into the Hamlet Apartments parking lot, going into his apartment followed by his passenger — the suspected shooter — about one minute later.

Wallace is seen returning to his car alone and driving about two blocks to a convenience store where he parked and waited.

“At 1:16, 1:17 the shooting actually occurs,” Klein told the judge. “The suspect shooter, who was in the passenger seat of [Wallace’s Honda] runs out of the building, downstairs, to the plaza and directly to the [Honda] and gets in the car, at which point Mr. Wallace and the suspect shooter flee the parking lot of the convenience store.”

They drive against traffic, southbound, on Northwest 47th Avenue before turning east on W. Sunrise Boulevard, he said.

The shooting victim told police the gunman had knocked at his door and pushed his way inside when he opened it, the police report stated.

During the struggle, the attacker pulled out a handgun and fired several shots, striking the victim once in the shoulder. The victim locked himself in the bathroom while the gunman rummaged through the apartment. The armed robber left wearing a black and white backpack, investigators said.

Police have not released the name of the victim and were trying to determine the identity of the shooter.